Cheerrristt I am the only odd one! I quite like getting slapped by plants on the way past, I find it strangely fun to come back with some cuts and grazes. Don't you all get really hot palms? What's the benefit other than reduction in plant impact severity? I mean unless you're going for long fingered DH stuff you're not going to have padding, and they give you slightly worse grip IME so can't see the benefit.
Ah well, each to their own I suppose, I just felt like a bit of an oddity when I saw that poll!

I've always worn 'mitts' except in winter. Then I read an article telling me I really out to wear full finger gloves (particularly as I have 160mm forks) so bought a pair. Wore them for a couple of summers. Last summer I put some mitts on again but they just felt so wrong.

I rarely wear anything, used to use fingerless ones but eventually decided I couldn't be bothered digging them out of the cupboard and never missed them so who cares?! In mid winter it's nice to have gloves though, as you do lose the feeling in your fingers fairly quick in -10.

I don't always wear gloves but regretted it last time I was riding when it was boiling as my grips were so slippy from the sweat. And I don't feel so safe/confident knowing my palms are gonna get torn up if I come off.

My fingers don't end up damaged after crashes, normally it's the heel of my hand that gets it?

Luck then I guess. I've had my fingers properly mangled after a rather nasty crash in Wales. I fell onto a load of gravel with my hands outstretched and it shredded each finger. Didn't fancy going through that again. If your arse is ahem, as muscular as mine you fill baggies properly thus reducing the chances of saddle interference.

Fingerless for the summer because I already owned some from when I used to bike commute in London, and every time I found a bargain lightweight full-fingered glove online they were sold out in my size...

still have a pair of fingerless gloves, but they have quite thick padding on the palm, and on my bars ATM i have quite thick grips and it wasnt comfortable with the extra padding of the half finger gloves.